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| Title | Tait, Robert H. The Robert H. Tait Fonds |
| Author of Finding Aid | Riggs, Bertram G., 1954-
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| Subject | Transatlantic flights
Aeronautics--Newfoundland and Labrador--History
Correspondence
Photographs
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| Scope and Content of Fonds | Robert H. Tait had a lengthy career as a soldier, lawyer, civil servant, writer and lecturer. The collection consists of a typescript written by Tait on Newfoundland's role in pioneer transAtlantic aviation between 1919 and 1937, recording each of the attempts to cross the Atlantic using Newfoundland or Labrador as a starting, ending, or stop-over point. There are 73 photographs depicting the planes and the people involved in these flights. Includes a map and a chart detailing the successful flights and the attempts, and as well as correspondence between Tait and Sir Arthur Whitten Brown (of Alcock and Brown fame). |
| Date of Finding Aid | 1998 |
| Extent of Fonds | 80 numbered pages textual material; 73 photographs; |
| Creator of Content | Tait, Robert , 1891-1964
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| Date of Content | 1919-1937 |
| Publisher | Memorial University of Newfoundland. Libraries |
| Contributors | Brown, Arthur Whitten, Sir, 1886-1948
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| Location | Atlantic Ocean; Canada--Newfoundland and Newfoundland |
| Resource Type | Finding Aid |
| Type | Text |
| Format | Text/xml |
| Identifier | COLL-232; ASC-EAD0018 |
| Language | eng |
| Provenance | Estate of Joseph R. Smallwood, 1992 |
| Collection | Archives and Special Collections Finding Aids (EAD) |
| Sponsor | Memorial University of Newfoundland. Libraries. Archives and Special Collections Division |
| Restrictions | No restrictions on access |
| Rights | Memorial University of Newfoundland |
| CONTENTdm file name | 14.xml |
